Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are other provisions of the 1981 Act which have either created difficulties in practice ( as in the case of s.8 which is headed ‘ Confidentiality of Jury 's Deliberations ’ ) or which have been interpreted restrictively ( as in the case of s.10 , which is concerned with the protection of journalists ' sources of information ) . |
| 2 | It is only recently that the municipal authorities and hospital boards have begun to discuss the possibility of changing the insurers ' conditions of funding so that they are more permissive of non-medical intervention and support . |
| 3 | The decision was also influenced by the fact that when the museum was founded in 1987 , it was clearly specified that it would include other nations ' views of Germany and its history . |
| 4 | In our case , of course , it is a mature , open and enquiring critical mind that leads us to read on into the churls ' tales of " harlotrie " , not a degrading taste for such material and a lack of interest in : We might see the combination of the intrinsically low status of the Miller and the consequently low expectations of what he will produce with the sophistication of his narrative performance as simply an entertaining absurdity , or perhaps a burlesque , like Chauntecleer 's discursive pomp and display in the Nun 's Priest 's Tale . |
| 5 | It is important , therefore , that all the circumstances are considered during a Procedure Audit , including peoples ' views of problems and potential solutions . |
| 6 | Once stereotyping takes place it is difficult to change peoples ' perceptions of a particular role . |
| 7 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 8 | By boycotting products which are overpackaged , you will ultimately change manufacturers ' methods of presenting their goods . |
| 9 | The primary schools ' experiments of the 1960s with the initial teaching alphabet ( ITA ) proved this . |
| 10 | Managing quality in this example is based on the assumption that long-term and medium-term planning of all subjects is important , that the analysis and modification of the use of time have to be repeated from year to year ( if not from term to term ) and that targets and statements of attainment should feature in schools ' schemes of work " and provide a valuable focus for the planning and transaction of classwork by individual teachers " ( HMI 1990:14 ) . |
| 11 | For instance , both of our prevalence surveys found strong correlations between townships ' rates of known opioid use and levels of social deprivation , particularly unemployment . |
| 12 | The Chief Executive also shall report on clients ' views of the service provided , drawing on an independent annual national survey and results of local office monitoring of customer service . |
| 13 | The problem for Scotland 's lawyers seems to be that they are now exceeding their clients ' expectations of the legal services , Neil Fitzgerald explains . |
| 14 | Pundits ' predictions of repossessions topping 80,000 during 1991 hit the headlines . |
| 15 | However , it does appear that the notion of language teachers joining a profession with its own history does not figure largely in tutors ' conceptions of their work , that English tutors do not see ‘ language ’ as something requiring separate attention , and that all tutors tend to play down aspects of language policy or language in society . |
| 16 | Four months ' observations of QB 1 reveal an orbit that would be expected for a Kuiper-belt object , although there is still considerable uncertainty in the eccentricity . |
| 17 | Beneath this box was another which he had to tick in order to receive the next three months ' editions of the newsletter . |
| 18 | There was a low US energy dependence on coal ( only 18–20 per cent ) ; several months ' stockpiles of coal were held by key consumers ; UMW-dominated mines held a low share of the total number of national contracts ( around 52 per cent , compared with 67 per cent in 1974 ) ; there was a growing influence on the markets of western strip mines ( which tended to be non-union organised by the International Union of Operating Engineers ) who would not be sympathetic ; and finally , the petroleum crisis of the early 1970s had prompted the re-opening of many smaller mines ( 6,100 operating units in 1969 to 7,000 in 1977 ) which were non-union . |
| 19 | The result should be to reduce both parties ' costs of stockholding , argues Sears . |
| 20 | There is no real objection to any of the provisions in clauses 4.2 or 4.3 which seem sensible and fair from both parties ' points of view , assuming of course that the tenant has been unsuccessful in having clause 4.1 deleted . |
| 21 | 9.10 Entire understanding This Lease embodies the entire understanding of the parties relating to the Premises and to all the matters dealt with by any of the provisions of this Lease The provision has merit from both parties ' points of view . |
| 22 | The parties ' shares of the total constituency votes would have been , let us suppose , the same as they were in fact : 48.4% for the Conservatives , 27.2% for Labour and 23.9% for the Liberals . |
| 23 | As a defence to exceeding the normal drivers ' hours of work , it was argued successfully , before the Kent Justices sitting at Sandwich , that these hours had to be departed from having regard to the care and comfort of the passengers . |
| 24 | The survey will provide information about drivers ' perceptions of overtaking as well as of being overtaken . |
| 25 | This , and many companion volumes on overseas registers which Air-Britain produces , are much more serious volumes than those spotters ' guides of yore , their contents likely to prove as useful to aircraft dealers , brokers , insurers , buyers ( and tax inspectors ? ) as they do to the binocular-and-bobble-hats brigade , not to mention we scribblers , who occasionally have a compelling need to know how many PA-28s there are in the country ( a lot ) or whether the Miles Student jet trainer is still extant ( it is ) . |
| 26 | The quality of inspection varied enormously and was dependent not just on the inspectors ' powers of observation but also on their view of how young refugees should be treated . |
| 27 | Banks will also be asked to examine carriers ' and inspectors ' descriptions of the goods . |
| 28 | Secretaries of State consider that the diversity of practice that has emerged in recent years , as shown particularly by HM Inspectors ' surveys of Primary and Secondary Schools , makes it timely to prepare guidance on the place of certain key elements in the curriculum . |
| 29 | It had been hoped that the centrepiece of the summit would be the initialling of a draft treaty reducing the superpowers ' arsenals of strategic nuclear weapons currently being negotiated at the START talks in Geneva [ see p. 37267 ] . |
| 30 | I am interested in readers ' experiences of this phenomenon , their encounters with the players and the stories that have grown up around some of the longer serving recruits . |